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Melanie Velarde – Another Para

March 10, 2020 — Leave a comment

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Melanie Velarde is a -based artist field recordings, objects, voices and instruments. This track comes form Melanie’s ‘Bez’ album, released on . Before released, ‘Bez’ was originally broadcast as a continuous mix of all new and original Music from Velarde during RVNG’s Rinse FM takeover in 2018. The ‘Bez’ project was part of Commend NYC’s ‘Commend See’ series, and launched the sub-label. Commend NYC is the record shop run by RVNG’s Matt Werth, established in 2016.

Tags: #ambient #electronic #field-recordings #pop

WaqWaq Kingdom – Mom Tells Me

February 9, 2020 — Leave a comment

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The “Science Ninja” team WaqWaq Kingdom is a tribal bass duo, consisting of Kiki Hitomi and Shigeru Ishihara. Both are originally from Japan, lived in the UK for over a decade and are now based in and . Out on , a Netlabel founded in 2004 by Jan Gleichmar aka “disrupt”.

Tags: #cosmic #dub #psychedelic

Tetsumasa – 君の上 (Jump) (Foodman Remix)

February 7, 2020 — Leave a comment

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Tetsumasa Okumura is a Japanese electronic musician and DJ, based in . His new ‘On The Way’ EP features the track ‘君の上 (Jump)’, with vocals by another Berlin-based Japanese DJ and producer — Peachonfuse. And this remix comes from a third Japanese DJ, Trackmaker and Painter (this time based in Nagoya): Takahide Higuchi, better known as 食品まつり(Shokuhin Matsuri) a.k.a foodman. Out now on Tetsumasa’s own -based record label .

Tags: #alternative #electronic #experimental #remix

Amnesia Scanner – AS Acá (feat. Lalita)

February 5, 2020 — Leave a comment

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Amnesia Scanner is the -based, Finnish electronic music duo Ville Haimala and Martti Kalliala. Feating the strong Spanish-language vocals of Peruvian singer Lalita. Released on  Records, with a new Amnesia Scanner album forthcoming.

Tags: #avant-garde #electronic #experimental

Pink Shabab – Let Me Explain

January 28, 2020 — Leave a comment

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‘Ema by the Sea’ is Joseph Carvell’s debut album under his Pink Shabab moniker. Joseph is a bass player and singer/songwriter from , and bassist of indie pop quartet Batsch. The new album is available now on the -based
label.

Tags: #alternative #dreampop #pop

Afriqua – Burn

January 21, 2020 — Leave a comment

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born (Hampton, Virginia), now -based producer Adam Longman Parker released his first full-length LP ‘Colored’ last year under the artist name Afriqua. The album “is a celebration of the unifying power of Black culture through the prism of electronic music”. Released on .

Tags: #african-vibes #electronic #experimental #folk

Takeleave – Climbing Trees

January 19, 2020 — Leave a comment

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Nicolas De Araújo Peixoto is a DJ and producer Takeleave. Nicolas describes his second full length album ‘Belonging’ as “an allegory of arrival and homesickness, after his first album Inner Sea focused on the journey itself”. Out now on Berlin based label and creative collective .

Tags: #ambient #broken-beat #electronic

Catnapp x Modeselektor – The Mover

June 17, 2019 — Video — Leave a comment

WARNING: This video may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

Catnapp is Argentinian-born, Berlin-based singer and producer Amparo Battaglia. Her single Mantis was a former #SOTD (1 May 2018). One year later and Catnapp is set to release her debut full length record ‘Break’ on . This track features the renowned Modeselektor (fellow Monkeytown Records signing and German electronic music duo consisting of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary). The album in available to pre-order on Bandcamp.

Tags: #dark #hip-hop/rap #trap